01.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Chinese troops transgress into Barahoti in Uttarakhand.   Even as the Indian and Chinese troops are in a standoff along the Sikkim border, Indian officials have reported a transgression by the Chinese border troops along the Uttarakhand border.   By the time the local people alerted nearby Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) troops … Read more 01.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

30.07.17 & 31.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Direct benefit transfer facility to cover 125 social schemes   To ensure that genuine recipients are benefited and leakages in distribution of subsidies are plugged, the Uttarakhand government will soon extend the countrywide Aadhaar-enabled Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) facility to all the 125 social security schemes being run in the state.   Under … Read more 30.07.17 & 31.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

29.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Focus on Uttarakhand in World Food Summit.   Uttarakhand will participate as the focus state in the World Food India Summit 2017. The three-day event will be held in New Delhi from November 3. More than 30 countries will participate in the event and Italy will be focus country. The summit will showcase India’s food and … Read more 29.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

28.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   CM tweets in Garhwali, asks people to use local dialects in conversation, social media.   To promote Garhwali and Kumaoni languages at the state and national level, the Uttarakhand government is making efforts to get them included in the 8th schedule of the Constitution, which gives it official recognition. Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has appealed to … Read more 28.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

27.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   In two years, Corbett, Rajaji national parks added 63 tigers The tiger count in Corbett National Park and Rajaji Tiger Reserve have increased noticeably from the last census in 2014-2015.   The Phase IV monitoring (2016-2017), conducted in two phases, spotted 45 new tigers in Corbett, taking the minimum number to 208, a … Read more 27.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

22.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Uttarakhand gets first virtual police station   Uttarakhand Police has opened its first virtual police station at Gopeshwar in Chamoli district of Pauri Garhwal. The move will help people, especially in remote and far-flung areas, reach police through Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and email.   At the same time, the facility would be useful at the time of a natural calamity like … Read more 22.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

26.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Airport Authority of India and Uttarakhand Government signs agreement on aviation development The Airports Authority of India (AAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Government of Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development Authority (UCADA). The scope of the MoU is to identify relevant factors influencing the development of Civil Aviation infrastructure in Uttarakhand. It … Read more 26.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

25.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Uttarakhand doctors to be first in India to issue 3 copies of prescriptions   The Uttarakhand health department has directed doctors to issue prescriptions for generic medicine in triplicate, in line with standard practice in western countries. The state became the first in the country to implement the system. Under triplicate prescription system, the physician will … Read more 25.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

23.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Villagers protest construction of Pancheshwar dam   The Pancheshwar Multipurpose Development Project is the biggest joint project of the Mahakali Treaty, signed between India and Nepal in 1996. However, the proposed dam will submerge 134 villages in Pithoragarh and Champawat districts that border Nepal and Almora. Around 30,000 families from three Uttarakhand districts will be … Read more 23.07.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

24.07.17  Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs

Uttarakhand   Anil Kumar Raturi is new DGP of Uttarakhand   Anil Kumar Raturi appointed the new Director General of Police of Uttarakhand. He will replace DGP MA Ganapathy, who will join as additional director general of police (ADG), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Raturi takes over from M A Ganpati who has been appointed as … Read more 24.07.17  Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs